Automotor harvesting-machine.



E. H. N. BONNET. AUTOMOTOR HARvEsTING MACHINE.'

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8.1915.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

3 SHEETS-SHEET I QN im QQ TIII E. H. N. BONNET.

AUTOMOTOR HARVESTING MACHINE.

APPL'xcATloN'HLED JuLY'a. 1915.

' 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

@p0 I I Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

I ERNEST nenni NnnossE-BONNETrojnonenooxgn A j To dZZifw/vtom itimay aannam." i

Be 7it Aknown that LI', @meer HnNni'Nn- Cisen BONNET, 'a 'citizen ofthe Repblc of France, residing in Nonanconrt, Erntev Franoahave invented certain new .andfuse-- ful Improvements in Automotor' Harvest# l `ing-Machines, of which the following ist,

10 tion man alito-'motor harvesting maiohine, y

which 'ismore partcina'rly A set up 'in "Suche Way that ithe vehicle can be .stopped while machine 'if :it beeonie's clogged, vIt' onere alsothis feature: thatthe workingparts an be completely Auntoupled' when the machine 2o, is moved from one pleo@ 'to vanother asl an automobile. v This machine is inade lip-of a vfrontftrain z or loraotor withtwo driving. and steering wlieel's',I 'upon 'iwh'ieh is 4fpreferaloly plated any motor whatevenjandof fa rear jtragm for trailer which forms the'hrvester'proper, whieheanbe'a'inower, 'a binder, a-strippen 86e., and"obinpise's'the parts with which ordinarily 'these machines are provided, thev movement -ef'the motor being transmitted to the 'said ,rear 'trein\, as wellas 'the mechanisms-which control the Aseveral part's'by means of 'an appropriate-'gearyor chain, 4or

electric transmission. The transmission is brought about in-'such a 'way that the mechanioian canuncluteh 'the driving Wheels' foi" st opping'the .vehicle While at 'the-'saine 'time allowing the workingp'a'rts'to operate.

Arrangements are 'moreover provided, for allowing the complete unoouplin of thoentire 4'ineohan'isx'n vin going orwar with the exception of the driving Wheels, -Whichremain actuated by the inotonso 'that the vel hielo can beginove'd b'yits own means without doing any work,andalso forjp'ermitting 'this'uncoupling v'vhenthe Vehiclef'is made to Itis to be noted Which'forn1the 'subject of the' invention can be very'esily uppli'ed'to 'any existinghap* fvesting machine Wltho'ut beingbligd t0 in' troduce into it importantv "modifications,

The 'desription 'which follows, in 'conne'otion. 'with the annexed-drawing, Vgiven by Wai/*of example, will make easily understood y Speciica'tioxof IiettersPatent.

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Fig. -3 is a vertical `andlongitudinal 'seotionwon a 'larger scale- 'of -'the front -axle bridge. o' Fig; tial lloo'znof"thisfront ,axlebrid'gel Fig. 15 'is an' elevation also on a vlarger scale', "of fa'portion ofthe transmission and controlling mechanism 'of 'the trailer.

Figi. e is a plan `'View of Fig. 5.-

The machine/comprises -on theone hand a 'front train or tractor 1v .upon which-Lis Fige'is diagrammatic section along vtheiszfside elevation of an automotor harvester binderbuilt according to l .-theinvention the partsnot relating directly so invention'belng representen in broken 4 is'an'i'n'terior view 'of the diiferenplaced the motor "with all the usual control clevioes, 'su oh as change of'sp'eed and direc-` tion, providedwith two driving and steerf 'ing 'Wheels 2,' 'andon'the 'other hand a rear thainor trailer SvWhich form'sthe harvester binder proper 'and 'comprises 'theordinary :Working parts of these machines, Icutter bar 4, beater 5, binder, endless aprons, &c. These tvvo paits 'a re joined together by a shaft joined at-7 tothe 'rear train and provided like the Shafts of'harvesteis moved by anilnals, with a-structure n'ot represented 'i upon the drawing, the rear train being-pro# vlided like the ordinary harvester'- binders with Ta lev'ehng'd'evice' 8 allovv-i'ngbf controlling its 'inclination' and thezheight of the bok represented vin dottedlines, (Fig. .1)

there is 'mounted an elastic clutching-device that `the larrangements opera-ting fritio'n A or' olutohes. This placedlongituinally. The part 13y is norr' ma-llynaintaiiied 'iin contant with the part,V 14 by means ofna spring 15, butit can be ofte-@engines transmitted Ato the 'frontvvheels as will beexplaine cl:l on the shaft 12 starting from thediiierential seat 10 provided" separated from it by the action'ofrtI forkv On thel idle part 14 there is keyed a toothed wheel 26 capable of driving by means of a chain 17, another wheel 18 of greater diameter, according to the ratio of reduction. .This wheel 18 is'placed under the shaft 6 and, upon the vertical axis-passing through the center of the sl'1aft12, in such a. way that the chain 17 is displaced from and does not touch this shaft 6. The wheel 18 is keyeduponthe shaft 19 connected by a universal joint 2O to a transmission shaft 21, which, by means of another universal joint 22, can drive the shaft of the lbeveled pinion 23 engaging the toothed crown 24 integral with a differential 25 journaled in the central box of the front axle bridge 27. From the differential there start in the' ordinary manner two distinct shafts 28, which. are each connected by a universal joint 29 to an axle -30 made fast by means ofA a kkeyed sleeve 31 or by grips to the liub of the driving wheel 2. -Thisaxis 30 trav# erses the sleeve 32 upon which rolls the wheel j 2. It is understood that when the shaft 12 is driven and when the pieces 13 and 14 are in engagement, the wheels 2 are actuated.

l In order to allow the steering movement of the front driving wheels the `bridge 27 is'broken at each end and forms on each side a fork 33, upon which another fork 34 integral with the sleeve 32ris joined about two vertical axes 35 so situated that theaxis i universal joint 29.

of one forms a prolongation vof the axis `of the other... forming thesteering pivot, and.l

which is located in the vertical axis of the A s in front train motors, the wheels 2 are connected v'to the steering control by means of one of the systems of suitable connecting rods which are well known as regards their principle. i

The wheels can carry, moreover. on the inside. brakes which are not represented and `which can also be, likev their controlling devices. one of the .wellknown systems, such as are employedon the front driving trains of automobiles.

For transmission of movement to the rear train the shaft 12 is connected by a universal joint 36 to a shaft 37,'which by means of another universal joint 38 candrive an auxiliary horizontal shaft 39 carried lby the rear train. The shaft 37is mortised. on'the joint 38 by a square section shaft arrangement allowing easy and rapid demounting.

The shaft 39:, transmits the movement in'the mounted a clutching device similar to the one previously ldescribed comprising a slid rait/,eos

ingpart 40 normally maintained in engage-` Moreover, beyond the clutchingdevice the shaft 39 carries a beveled wheel 51 which drives another beveled wheel 52 by means of another transverse shaft 53 carry/'ing two beveled pinions 54, 55, meshing with' the wheels 51, 52.'

The wheel 52 is keyed to the extremity of a shaft 56 parallel to th'e shaft 39 and actuating the` cutting bar in the wellknown manJ ner, by means of a crank disk and a driving shaft. 'At the side of the wheel 52 there is mounted a sleeve 57 idle upon the shaft 56. It carries a toothed wheel 58 designed totransmit by means `of a chain, .the movement to the -di'erent working parts of the machine, the beater, binder, endless aprons, &c.

Between the hub of the toothed wheel 52 and ofthe wheel 57 there is interposed a one-way clutch 59 formed, for example, by

means of a free wheelv or ratchet and pawl device which controls. tlie driving of the pinion 58 in the single direction of rotation of the shaft 56, namely, the direction correspondin'g to the going forward indicated by the arrows a, in Fig. 6.

' The control ,of thel two clutching devices 13, 14 and 40, 41 is performedby the mechanician seated upon the'seatflO, by means of a pedal 60 which is connectedby guide cables 61 and` 62 connected to the forks 16 and 43.

As is easily understood, if the two parts of the clutch devices are in engagement the movement of the' motor is transmitted not only to the mechanisms of the drivingparts,

'but alsoto the driving wheels 2 -and 50 in case of the normal running forward. lf, on the other hand, thes'e arrangements are un* clutched, only the working devices of the 'machine are actuated, 'movement not being transmitted tdf'the driving wheels. The

mechanician can therefore, acting upon the pedals 60, stop the vehicle without the work- ;ing devices being'stopped in such a way that if-the binder, for instance,is clogged, he' can easily 'clear it, which would not vloe possiblev -to'be done if the machine continued to ad-v vance,rwhich was very difficult of execution when the working devices were also stopped,

as is the case in ordinary animal traction 'M machines.l

lin-certain machines of the same class with animal traction in which the mechanism of the working parts was actuated by the movei ment of the wheels themselves, the movement vmsm of lfthel l worklng parts: -contmues to- If forl any reason'vvhateveiit necessary to go backward, ,which the usual' "change gears of-'the front "train" easily allovv, the movement Will be transmitted :to the, driving y yvvheelsl by thetransmission 'turning in an in#l verse direction,- on condition of course-,that

the 4'devices 13, '14, .4,0 and 41,v are clutched,.

but this movement will not betransmitted to the driving mechanism, since onv account of i -@rFinally;it isfadvantageous'-to mount the 'pavvlfrlevice' 59'so' that by means of a suitable-fdevice. 6 3 We can render' itinoperative so that even during the forward travel the movement is, not transmitted=to the drivingparts ofthe binder, and this has the advani tagejof allowing-the- I'nov'ement'of the machine byiits ovvn `means from 'one point to ano'ther as anordinary automobile vehicle would'. do, the vvo'rlrin'g devices being"all' stoppedsincev the cutter -bar can'be unclutched also in the ordinary manner by disconnecting its driving shaft. This uncou- .pling of the drivin lshaft can also be done Sin casezofrunning a'ckvvard.

of a suitable reduction.

For transporting 'the harvesting machine to a great distance it is suiiicient first to'- separate the front train from the hind train,

thenj to; Yp'ack' the harvesting machine proper 1n the' Wellknown manner, thatis to ,have it' rest at a p osition of -90o from its y. normal position, upon a train ofauXiliary A the shaft 6 under thetable ofthe Wheels adapted to serve as carrying wheels,

' the normal Wheels being raised a little above the ground bya devicefof special use pro-" attachl vided for this purpose, in order te p atform. All of the above descibedarrangements for the harvester binder can be applied,

Whatever may Abe the type-ofvmachine, for

example, they can be employed for a simple movver',` for harvester strippers, &c.

It will be understood that in lthis specification and in the claims I use the terms harvester and harvestlng machine infaJ gencontrolled by means eric' sense to coverfany means for-cuttinghay l or grain, and irrespective of Whetherthefap.

paratus comprises other-means lsuchL -as va,

' 1.An auto-motor harvesting machinecom- .prising' al front tractor'and a lIv'ea'r trailer,

the tractor comprising 'motor 4driven i and controlling means," and the trailer 'Comprising,l the h arvester, combined With connections for transmitting rotary motion Vfrom the motor to the trailerandcontrol -mechanismon" the trailer for controlling the applitractor-comprising motor' driveny and 'controilin-g means', and' the trailer comprising ,the'harvesten"combined with meansfor com- Yr'nunicating rotary motion from the motor to.

and trailer-respectively, comprising clutches.- and. operating means whereby the operator can uncouple `at=vvillthe .transmission to the driving means or. to the harvester. l

'.' 3. 4In "an auto-motor harvesting machine' comprising atractor and trailer, theftractor lcomprising -1n combmation a motor, tractlon 'thet'railen and control means on the tractor y l 'thefpawl devi-ce 59 the idle pinion- 58 will not turn in thedirection of rotation of the shaft' corresponding'. to runningV backward."l This does."avvayfwith the defects which -would''resultfrom the'working infthe re- 'verseydirection ofthe parts ofithe binderf" Wheels hung on vertical pivots, a bridge `connecting them, a Idifferentialgear carried by saidjb'ridge, -a divided axle" communicating movement from the, diii'erential to the-trac'- tion Wheels, and'comprising universal joints coinciding Withthe vertical' pivots of Said' Wheels,' and transmittinglmechanism. for communicating 'rotation from themotor to said differential gear.

4. In 'an `auto-motor harvesting' machine 'comprising atractor and trailer, the tractorv comprislng in combination a motor-,traction Wheels hung on vertlcal pivots, a bridge connectingthem, a differential gear carried by said bridge, a divided 'axle communicating movement' from the differential to the traci. tion Wheels and joints c-incid-ingwith the vertical plvots of comprising universal said Wheels, and transmitting mechanisml comprising a shaft driven by the motor having connectionsextending to the harvester" and a shaft driven therefrom and extending forwardly to the diii'erenti'al gear.

5. In an auto-motor harvesting machine comprising a tractor and trailer, Witha longitudinal shaft for communicating rotation from the motor' to the trailer, the combina- A.tion therewith, of mea-ns under control of the operator'on the trailery for disconnectingthe driving connection from the tractor v 6. In yan auto-motor harvesting machine i vcomprising a tractor and trailer, With a y1onling means for disconnecting such connection at will.

7. Inv an anto-motor harvesting machine comprising a tractor and a trailer,`the latter carrying the harvester with its cutterv bar, thecombination therewith of a .shaft for communicating rotation from the motor to the trailer, connections therefrom for drv 'ing the harvester, and controlling' means for disconnecting such connections in order to stop the operation of the harvester at will.

8. In an auto-motor harvesting machine comprising a tractor, trailer and intervening mechanism for communicating power from the tractor -Inotor to the trailer, the trailer4 Leit/gene comprising a harvester, and means for driving` the latter comprising` a one-Way clutch adapted to drive the harvester during onlyY the forward movement of the machine, with reversing mechanism for 'driving the maf witnesses.

ERNEST HENRI NARCISSE BONNET. Witnesses:

ANSELINE BorsHUs, 'f .Cnr/is. P. PRnssLY. 

